Beyond quantitative decline: Conceptual shifts in adolescents' development of interest in mathematics

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1069-1082

  Frenzel, Anne C ^a   Pekrun, Reinhard ^b   Dicke, Anna Lena ^c   Goetz, Thomas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Cognitive validation; Interest; Measurement invariance; Psychological assessment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AFFECT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84871869314     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026895     Document Type: Article

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